Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
FLORIDA.
The Pedido river is quite low.

ness on Indian river this season over last
/ there Will be Two more large passenger
. and freight steamers put on next fall.
Some of the Titusville orange growers
who nave worked their places early this
season report slight injury to the ten
/ der growth on their trees by the late cold
! winds.
! The church building which will soon
| be erected at Altoona Is TO be q fine one.
/ the amount necessary has been sub
| scribed; Two OF Altoona's citizens giving
| 5000 eacu.
Wiley Il Jones, of Titusyille, are ship
| ping about 400 barrels OF cabbages from
their farm. They have about six acres
III lrlsn potatoes that will he ready 10
ship next week.
1t is probable that Jacksonville will not
secure The race track, backed by North
ern capital, which she has been counting
on. Inc prices asked for sites are TOO
high. New Orleans VIII probably get the
prize.
On Monday, April II, the regular ses-
sion or the Circuit Court tor Volus a will
conN enc at the court mouse in Enterprise.
This VIII be the last term OF court over
which Judge Foster Will preside. AS
there is little important business ON the
dOcket+ the term Will probably be a short
one.
If some newspaper man OF known abili-
ty would correspond With Mayor Wesley
jenkins, OF Altoona, he could find good
chance for papsr. Tne merchants sub
scribed large advertising list TO con-
Germ lately, but 1t was not able 20 furnish
tae stipulated requirements, Altoona
wants no paper unless it can be credit
to the town
Last week Friday night there was a
severe frost on the Halifax, which killed
much garden stuff, but was not severe
enough TO injure orange and lemon trees.
There has been this winter an unusual
lumber of frosts for that section, al
though none were severe enough to iuJure
the orange crop, and the fruit on the trees
at the present time Is very fine. The total
number OF trosts is eleven,
The Circuit Court of Orange convened
| again Monday at Orlando to finish up the
tall term, Judge Foster having adjourned
| 10 hold court IN the counties OF Brevard
and Dsde. Judge Foster has declined 70
! be reappointed On the assembling of the
| Legislature in April. On his retirement
IRON the bench he will form partner
Esbip with K. II. Gundy, OF the Orlando
bar, and at once resume the practice of
his profession.
Hulett d Burgess have sold lot, on
the corner of Orange and Halifax streets
at st. Augustine, to Messrs. Walling and
Reyes, OF Oswego, n. Y, for $1,000. 1t
comprises about Ohe-tenth of tract
which was purchased a few years ago Tor
$4,000, and which now contains some of
the finest private residences in the city.
The increase in the value OF real estate n
st. Augustine within the past two or three
years has certainly been enormous.
The $4,000 to be contributed by the
! Baptist denomination and other friends in
the state as an endowment fund for the
! DeLand College has been secured to the
| institution by good intere t-bearing
| note, and has been accepted by Mr.. De-
Land and the board ct trustees. This
secures the additional $40. 600 for the same
purpose, pledged by Mr.. DeLand. The
charter has been drawn up aud adopted
by the board and will be presented to the
Legislature in the form OF bill at its
coming session. The charter name will
be DeLand University. Next year the
school will consist OF three separate de-
partments.
The committee appointed by the Fort
| Mason new county convention last Satur-
day met at Altoona Thursday night to
! draft a petition to the Legislature for a
! new county, which Is To begin at the
northern end of Orange county on Lake
| George, to follow the 81. Johns river
nearly TO Lake Monroe, then through Lake
| Apopka TO Johns Lake, then west two
!
| Harris, Eustis, Griffin and up the Ockla-
wanna river TO within three miles of Moss
| Bluff, then east one township, then north
| two townships and east one 10 point of
! beginning. II croOkedness of its lines 8
| any merit, this ought to be the banner
| county. The name of the new county is
West Orange.
Kissimmee Leader: Certain inter ested
parties trying to make it appear that Or
ange county Is In debt. we have obtained
the following statement from +. j. Shine,
clerk OF the court, OF our financial stand
ing: There is In the County rreasurer's
hands to account OF building fund So
! 045 "a, road fund $l,525 70, revenue fund
$5l,S4 80, making total OF $2l,9lS 81
| cash on hand. There are unpaid
warrants outstanding to the amount
OF $3.50 80. Alter these war.
rants are paid there will still be
cash on hand 10 the amount OF SIS, 1863 04.
This does not include what A. NJ. liver,
+. 7. Hardeman and j. Il. Montague owe
the county. Ii is well known that at the
last moment there is a grand rush by
everybody 10 pay their taxes, aud it is
fair 10 presume that Mr.. Montague has
collected several thousand dollars during
the interval between his last report and
the date this statement was made out,
March IS, 80 that at q very moderate esti-
mate there must be about $25, 900 OF county
funds on hand after allowing for unpaid
warrants
The swine war opened in earnest at Pa.
Olo Beach Thursday. The gravel train
ran down TO the village in the afternoon
with fifty or seyenty-iive hands aboard,
and under the leadership of various bosses
the collection of the suspicious rooters
was soon begun. The trap lot was not
utilized but the darkies were soon put 10
the labor OK love OF chasing the unsani-
tary offenders. Quite a number OF hogs
belOnging 10 Mr.. w. +. Soul were cap
tured, and eight were actually put on
carand hauled this side of Pablo creek IN
spite OF his earnest protests. While he
was protesting against the right OF the
company 10 remove his hogs he was bru-
tally assaulted by negro train hand
named Henry Jackson, almost in the
presence OF the deputy sheriff of the dis
triot. Mr.. Scull was in Jacksonville Fri
day Tor the purpose Of getting legal coun-
sci, and the side Of his face was blue from
the elects Of the blow he received. lie
denies tue legality OF the sanitary rule
under which the bogsiare being removed,
ana proposes 10 appeal 10 the courts for
damages.
Capt. a. n. Haig, Of the schooner
Henry NJ. CLARK, now no 81. Augustine
win cargo OF merchandise from Port
Antonio. Jamaica. f0uprta tgraat ,trn.,reas